DIVORCE/ULTIMATE THRUSH split/ sold

Hey,

So the MILK cassette releases have been flying off the shelves, and by shelves i mean my bedside table drawers.

The latest comes from the Glasgow based powerhouses ULTIMATE THRUSH and DIVORCE.
these are two of the most killer live acts in the world right now. you have to see them play. either. BOTH. luckily they tend to play on the same bill quite a lot. I looked on youtube for some footage, but don't even bother, just go and see them if you ever get the chance. Yeah and BUY THIS TAPE!



Ultimate Thrush have this power-insanity thing, where it can seem out of control and like a... volcano... but then you catch the sound of riff and look over and Ollie's just groovin like he's in Lonnie Donnegan's skiffle group. My God, they just get better the more you see them, by now i can only assume they're like... fucking... reaaaally good!

And Divorce slay. They slay like Buffy. they kill it. they kill your preconceived notions of punk... of noise, which now you realize were just ludicrous. no. the dial doesn't stop at 10. it stops at DIVORCE.

So now you totally want to buy the tape? well I sold out of them days ago. You can't get one from me, but you can get it from -------->

DIVORCE'S big cartel

ROUGH TRADE SHOPS

or if you happen to be in Japan - ESCALATOR records


Or like i've been shoving down your throats you could GO AND SEE THEM PLAY AND BUY A TAPE FROM THEIR SWEATY POST SHOW HANDS!

xo

122 hours

DOWNLOAD all SCREAMERS from synthysteria.org

PEEPHOLES / HUNGRY FOR POWER

i only want to talk about my favourite bands all the time to the exclusion of all else... except star trek... and i have very little to say about any other subject so perhaps that's for the best.



P E E P H O L E S are fantastic and have managed to release a 12" of powerful echo drenched synth-mechano-pop! It's available now and is fantastic. Side A is 3 of the catchiest noises you're likely to hear this year,; 'Ladder', ''Lair' and 'Chika'. Expect to be humming the latter to yourself for months to come. I can't get the chorus out of my head, despite it being virtually unintelligible (I doubt even Uhura could understand what Kat Peepholes is saying). Side B offers a remix of 'Chika' from Chicago's EYES which illuminates Peepholes' lyrics but also seems to verge on becoming some kind of lost penguin nonsense. There's also an it's-summer-on-Vulcan style rework of 'Lair' by E*ROCK which is really very, very nice indeed.

I prefer the Peepholes side to the remix side, which is exactly as it should be.

I should also mention the cover artwork. awesome. Nick Peepholes takes on the role of mysterious figure draped in curtain on a giant rock. What's a nice touch is that the few rocks clearly used to hold the curtains edges flat haven't been photoshopped out but left for all to see, and then on the reverse of the cover a second shot is used minus mysterious figure, but the necessary hold-down-curtain rocks have ben repositioned into the exact same places, as if the phantom guy de-materialised. Perhaps someone beamed him up?

'Lair' EP is out now on Hungry For Power label out of Brighton. You can buy it by following that link but you could also buy the great value meal deal of Peepholes' 'Lair' / Cold Pumas' 'Jela' saving you £3!! It's well worth it as that Cold Pumas 12" is pretty great too!

Expect really interesting releases from Hungry For Power. I think I'm right in saying a regular bloggo/ musical artisan associated with the legendary 20 Jazz Funk Greats is behind this endeavour.

Here's the ever so dramatic promo vid for the 12"



SO GOOD! Captain Janeway would be proud.


DOWNLOAD : PEEPHOLES - CHIKA

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HUMOUSEXUAL/ HOMOCRIME

very rare appearance from the H O M O C R I M E stalwarts at The Windmill, Brixton, THIS THURSDAY. With forthcoming 7" on everard records, the london/berlin duo will hopefully not go on first (!) as the flyer indicates but just in case I would suggest geting to the Windmill in good time.

PLUS it's the first ever gig for the south london SUPERGROUP -WOOLF- ... this band features Sophie Roseanne Barrr, Irene Corey Orbison, Colette Ricochet Ricochet/ Gender Fascist... and another girl, Georgina... sorry to 4th member, i don't know you, i think she was in Honeyz... NOW THAT'S PEDIGREE. Can't wait to see them, believe it will be powerful.

I never went to a HOMOCRIME event but wish I had. I just never dug into the underground london scene mid-noughties, not being from london or ever going out in the city. Check them out, queers with big ideas. This was an amazing night- diy, idealistic and inclusive. Their singles club was the attempt to make good on the dream of releasing a new cd every month, given away at the night.
AND now! NOW! THE WHOLE LOT ARE DOWNLOADABLE FROM THE WEBSITE!

"music by our friends: people who inspired us."

happy days.

DOWNLOAD EVERYTHING



a xoxo

CHAPS 7" LEAKED

somehow their opus has ended up on youtube!



CHAPS 4EVA

TEETH!!! JAMMERS

I'm releasing T3ETH's first ever thing to go on proper release ever.
It's a 10 track ALBUM. kind of.
featuring total hacker anthems such as "DORKS" and "DEAD BOYS" .


Here's Teeth live at the old warehouse -


and i do not care if i've posted this vid before (i think i have) because this show fucking S L A Y E D


T ∑ ∑ T H have been busy touring with e&e, making beatiful music with super-projuicer Rory Brattwell, and destroying the lives and reputations of Will Self and Lady GaGa.

'Jammers...' is a retrospective of early recordings, live tracks and practice jams.
The cassette is to be released early March, but you can pay me for it now if you like and i'll send it to you as soon as i do 'em.

milkrecords.bigcartel.com

xoxo

Cravin' Wine/ Light Asylum

i am desperate for a glass of red wine. and have been since 11 am. i would really enjoy it. every last drop. I have to go to tesco.
anyway.
It's 2010, and I love Light Asylum



in sep '09 i went to new york and under the advisement of my homegirl Sister Mantos saw the incredible LIGHT ASYLUM at some pseudo-goth dive. think leather dungeon meets old blue last.
I saw them, and now I know what going to church is like for the evangelical. But of course, i've never been to church, and can only imagine it to be exactly as you see it on youtube? with loads of flamboyantly dressed people gyrating all over the pulpit and some hevvy old-skool rave soundtrack pumping out over the buck-wild congregation. Yeah i felt like that... and also the church is haunted by the ghost of Stevie Nicks and she's crying tears that explode into amethyst as they hit the gospel choir.
Some genius has put up a song from that gig on youtube. =



Light Asylum on myspace


DOWNLOAD this - LIGHT ASYLUM - DARK ALLIES (LIVE)

happy new year and that xo xo